Originally posted by DAG
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Take it easy, you are allowing your emotions to cloud your judgement. No one is saying that these crimes are okay. Some posters have discussed some criminal's motivations but no one is saying that it is justified.
Other posters hypothosised a legal line between a 15 year old who has lied and can provide circumstantial evidence for being older (e.g. being in a nightclub where you have to be over 18 to get in and must provide ID) and a young child.
Some posters dicussed historical attitudes and different cultural attitudes to the age of consent.
I do not think that anyone has actually said that abusing a child is acceptable.
(FYI: I am also a parent of young children)
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